Indian History

  Sr No Constituency Name BJP Candidate Sitting MP/(Winner of 2019) Party 1 Alipurduars Manoj Tigga John Barla BJP 2 Arambagh   Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) TMC 3 Asansol Shatrughan Sinha TMC 4 Balurghat Sukanta Majumdar Sukanta Majumdar BJP 5 Bankura Subhas Sarkar Subhas Sarkar BJP 6 Barrackpur   Arjun Singh  BJP 7 Bangaon Shantanu Thakur Shantanu Thakur BJP 8 Bardhaman-Durgapur   S. S. Ahluwalia BJP 9 Bardhaman Purba   Sunil Kumar Mandal TMC 10 ...

  Sr No Constituency Name BJP Candidate   Sitting MP/(Winner of 2019)   Party 1 Amalapuram   Chinta Anuradha YSR Congress Party 2 Anakapalli C.M. Ramesh Beesetti Venkata Satyavathi YSR Congress Party 3 Anantapur   Talari Rangaiah YSR Congress Party 4 Araku Kothapalli Geetha     5 Bapatla       6 Chittoor       7 Eluru       8 Guntur       9 Hindupur       10 Kadap...

Located in the state of Bihar, Pawapuri has existed as a place of spirituality for many centuries, and remains one of the most sacred sites of Jainism. Pawapuri’s claim to fame lies in being the place where the twenty fourth Tirthankar (Ford - maker) Mahavir breathed his last in 527 BC. According to a legend, the present tank in Pawapuri came into being as a result of removal of the soil following the great demand for Mahavir’s ashes after his cremation by his devotees. Today “Jalmandir”, a beautiful temple of white marble in the centre of the tank, is a magnet for devotees and tourists.   Sights to See Jal Mandir / Image Credit   Jalmandir The focal point of any visit to Pawapuri is the Jalmandir, the pilgrimage destination of the Jaina religion. Located in the middle of a pool, Jalmandir is one of the holiest shrines in Jainism. It is the place where Mahavir was cremated. It is no wonder that the temple is a major pilgrimage destination for Jains from all over th...

Sri Mallikarjuna Swami and Sri Bhramaramba Devi / Image Source  Located on the southern banks of the Krishna River in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh,  Srisailam is a sacred destination of top order for the Hindus.  The place is home to the famous Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjunaswamy Temple, one of the Dwadasa Jyotirlinga shrines in India. What makes Srisailam unique the presence of Goddess Bhramaramba Devi, the consort of Lord Shiva, in the temple.  The great 8th-century religious leader Adi Shankara, also known as Adi Shankaracharya, is said to have visited this shrine and composed his immortal Sivananda Lahiri here.

Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth Guru of the Sikh religion. He was beheaded on the orders of the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb on 24 November 1675 in Delhi. Born to Guru Hargobind and Mata Nanaki on 1 April 1621 in Amritsar Guru Tegh Bahadur was named Tyaga Mal at birth. Guru Hargobind was the sixth Sikh Guru. Guru Tegh Bahadur was trained in martial arts, swordsmanship and horse riding. He was married to Gujari in 1633. Guru Tegh Bahadur travelled far and wide visiting many places in northern India and also Assam and Dhaka, preaching the word of Guru Nanak. Guru Tegh Bahadur founded the city of Anandpur Sahib in Punjab in 1665. Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib at Chandni Chowk in Delhi was built in 1783 at the place where he was beheaded. Guru Tegh Bahadur’s young son Gobind, who was only nine when his father was killed, became the tenth and the last Sikh Guru.  

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) has added Gujarat's traditional Garba dance to its ' Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. ' The inclusion of Garba now makes it India’s 15th inscription on the List. India had nominated Garba for inclusion in the list. Garba is performed across Gujarat and in many other parts of the country for nine days during the festival of Navaratri . The festival is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or Shakti.  The inclusion was made under the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage during the 18th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on Tuesday. The meeting is taking place began in Kasane, Botswana from 5 to 9 December 2023. Apart from ‘Garba of Gujarat,’ some of the new inscriptions include Rickshaws and Rickshaw painting in Dhaka from Bangladesh , Songkran in Thailand , tr...

This year the 525th birth anniversary of Sant Mirabai is being celebrated. Mirabai (also spelt as Meerabai) was a Rajput princess who was one of the greatest saints of the Krishna cult of Vaishnavism in 16th century India.  Mirabai was the only child of Ratna Singh Rathor of Merta in Rajasthan.  She was born at the village of Kudki (now  in the Pali district) in AD 1498. In 1516, she was married to Bhoraj, eldest son of Rana Sanga, the ruler of Mewar with its capital at Chittor. Bhoraj was heir-apparent to Mewar but he died in 1526.   Mirabai was highly religious from her childhood. Like her grandfather Dudaji and father she was a devotee of Krishna. After her husband’s death she completely addressed herself to the devotion of Krishna. She patronized learned men. Devotees who were drawn from both sexes making a beeline to Mirabai. Consequently, her fame spread far and wide. However, Mirabai’s religious activities were resented by her in-laws who took exception...